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Wed 11 Nov 2008Colombian general resigns over killings inquiry
Colombia's army commander, Gen Mario Montoya, resigned yesterday after an inquiry tied scores of officers to the disappearance of a group of men who were later shot, dumped in mass graves and reported as killed in combat.
The scandal has already forced president Alvaro Uribe to purge 27 officers from the US-backed army as the United Nations and rights groups call for Colombia to stop security forces killing civilians to falsely inflate their combat successes.
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